
Laura Hirsto
Professor
Laura Hirsto is a professor of educational science, especially research in general education.
Philosophical Faculty, School of Applied Educational Science and Teacher Education
laura.hirsto@uef.fi | +358 50 380 4674
Professor Hirsto’s main research topics include the study of learning environments from the perspectives of learning processes and teaching and pedagogy. In recent years, Hirsto has led an extensive project funded by Business Finland related to learning analytics and learning analytics pedagogy, which has studied the learning of basic education students, university students and vocational education students with the help of diverse learning analytics data. The project has built learning environments that support self-regulated learning through a variety of pedagogical approaches (such as phenomenon-based learning and flipped classroom). This study has been built on intensive collaboration with researchers of computer science and educational sciences, and it has utilized institutional-level data and traditional log data in conjunction with extended learning analytics data, as well as observation of teaching and learning contexts and interviews with teachers and pupils/students.
Hirsto worked as a university lecturer at the University of Helsinki’s Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Education for numerous years. Since 2015, she has worked mainly in the School of Applied Educational Sciences and Teacher Education at the University of Eastern Finland, first on the Savonlinna campus and then on the Joensuu campus. In 2020, he was elected as the Professor of Education at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Eastern Finland. He holds the title of docent in educational psychology at the University of Helsinki.
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A systematic narrative review of learning analytics research in K-12 and schools
Hirsto, Laura; Saqr, Mohammed; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Valtonen, Teemu. Teoksessa: Hirsto; Laura Hirsto; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna(toim.) , 2023. FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022). s. 60-67. -
Early detection of dropout factors in vocational education : A large-scale case study from Finland
López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Kleimola, Riina; Väisänen, Sanna; Hirsto, Laura. Teoksessa: Hirsto; Laura Hirsto; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna(toim.) , 2023. FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022). s. 44-50. -
Emotions and social reflection in being and developing as a university teacher
Pekkarinen, Virve; Hirsto, Laura; Nevgi, Anne. 2023. Cogent education. 10: -
FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022)
Hirsto; Laura Hirsto; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna. 2023. CEUR workshop proceedings. . CEUR-WS -
Flipped online approach with learning analytics for supporting higher education students’ learning. Course feedback results
Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna; Hirsto, Laura. Teoksessa: Hirsto; Laura Hirsto; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna(toim.) , 2023. FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022). s. 101-110. -
How social interactions kindle productive online problem-based learning: An exploratory study of the temporal dynamics
Elmoazen, Ramy; Saqr, Mohammed; Tedre, Matti; Hirsto, Laura. Teoksessa: Hirsto; Laura Hirsto; López-Pernas, Sonsoles; Saqr, Mohammed; Sointu, Erkko; Valtonen, Teemu; Väisänen, Sanna(toim.) , 2023. FLAIEC 2022 : Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference 2022. Proceedings of the 1st Finnish Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education Conference (FLAIEC 2022). s. 68-76. -
Machinic assemblages—The role of school policies in producing children's sense of agency
Kokko, Anna Kristiina; Paananen, Maiju; Hirsto, Laura. 2023. Children and society. [Epub ahead of print 19 April 2023]: 1-15 -
Opettaja, opetus ja tekoäly – keskustelua ChatGPT-3:n kanssa
Hirsto, Laura. 2023. Kasvatus. 54: 175-176 -
Understanding Emotional Behavior with Learning Analytics to Support Pre-service Teachers’ Learning in Challenging Content Area
Sointu, Erkko; Saqr, Mohammed; Valtonen, Teemu; Hallberg, Susanne; Väisänen, Sanna; Kankaanpää, Jenni; Tuominen, Ville; Hirsto, Laura. 2023. Journal of technology and teacher education. 31: 67-87 -
A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research on Epistemic Network Analysis in Education
Elmoazen, Ramy; Saqr, Mohammed; Tedre, Matti; Hirsto, Laura. 2022. IEEE access. 10: 17330-17348